tv Newsday BBC News February 11, 2020 12:00am-12:31am GMT
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i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: china's leader makes a rare appearance to address the coronavirus outbreak as the number of deaths grows to over 1000. several international aerospace companies withdraw from the singapore airshow — as fears of the virus hit the global economy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: from countryside to coastal towns. democratic presidential candidates blitz the new hampshire state ahead of the first primary election. triumph in hollywood brings jubilation in seoul, as south korea celebrates the oscar winning movie, parasite.
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live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's midnight in london, 8am here in singapore and also in beijing, where china's leader has made a rare public appearance to highlight the government's efforts to combat the coronavirus. speaking to medical workers, xijinping called for ‘more decisive measures‘ to combat the outbreak. the latest figures released in the past hour by chinese authorities put the total number of deaths from the virus to more than 1,000 — with some 40,000 cases confirmed. celia hatton has our first report. china's resident, the man at
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the pinnacle of the communist party making his first public appearance in days amid a national crisis. xi jinping told workers are debating health facility that he had confidence china would overcome the epidemic. but in a sign of the epidemic. but in a sign of the times, he took all the necessary precautions. it is a special period, he said, so i'd like not to shake hands. appearing on chinese state television, he also addressed rising economic anxieties, missing the government would work to prevent large—scale layoffs. that pledge comes as millions of people in china returned to work after the lunar new year break which was extended from january 31 to curb the spread of the virus. but precautionary measures remain in place. work hours are staggered to prevent rush—hour crowds. several major cities including beijing and shanghai remain quiet as many factories and offices are still closed.
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translation: actually, i still think it's a normal life. it's fine as long as we pay a little attention to it. for example, disinfection and being careful not to have close contact with people. but masks are not enough to convince people to leave their homes. in this beijing shopping mall, temperatures are being checked at the entrance but there were few shoppers inside the stores. the world health organization has expressed concerns about the spread of the virus beyond china's borders stressing their object remains containment. in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of transmission from people with no travel history to china. the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire. however, the outbreak continues to affect those well behind
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wuhan. more people have tested positive on a cruise ship wa rra nty positive on a cruise ship warranty deed of japan. positive on a cruise ship warranty deed ofjapan. the diamond princesses on a two—week quarantine of yokohama after a passenger does the positive for the virus. he left the ship earlier when it docked in hong kong. and in the uk, more people tested have also contracted the virus. that news comes as the government issued new powers in england to keep people inquiring team to stop the disease spreading. from beijing, confidence that the will be contained but elsewhere realisations that the impact of this outbreak will continue to extend well beyond china. let's stay with the coronavirus outbreak, which is having knock on affects around the world, —— which is having knock on effects around the world, including on the economy and big events. many aerospace companies have decided not to attend the singapore airshow, which starts on tuesday, because of concerns over the virus. there are over a0 confirmed cases in the city state.
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monica miller is at the singapore airshow. what precautions are the organisers taking in order to keep everyone safe? this is the biggest event in asia of its kind and organisers say that they have put every precaution in place and what that means, as my crew and i found in place and what that means, as my crew and ifound out in place and what that means, as my crew and i found out this morning, is that several miles away from here you enter a medical tent with your vehicle. you get out of the vehicle and the temperature is taken. and then when you get a clean bill of health you go through security, multiple steps, because this airshow is focused on the defence industry so we went through three checks to do that. they also have a no contact wallasey which means no shaking hands which is difficult when this is an event to meet face—to—face to make deals. they are adamant about not shaking hands. you can wave, you can bow but you also need to keep your distance. and there is plenty of sanitiser
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and all precautions that you can personally take. they are not taking this lightly. so given all of these precautions and the dangers of this virus, why have the organisers decided to carry on with the event? well, there have been roughly 70 participants that have dropped out, exhibitors who have dropped out. but when they did the risk assessment they look at there was still hundreds of people and organisers say that less than 8% of exhibitors have dropped out and they said that when they looked at the value of what the conference had to offer to these hundreds of participants and the fact that they felt they could contain this, they decided to go on with it despite the government elevating that level to orange, which is the same level it was elevated to during the sars period. good to hear that they are taking precautions. thank you so much for the time being. also making news today: in australia high tides are expected on tuesday morning along the entire
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new south wales coast. in places they could add to flooding caused by the heaviest rain in the region in 30 years. despite the massive disruption the floods have caused, the rain has come as a much needed reprieve, putting out 30 bushfires over the weekend. president trump is to visit india later this month for a two day trip. he will visit the home state of reminisced in the range remotely. they are said to have a close relationship and last year mr moody visited the us and attended a huge rally in houston which was dubbed howdy moody. the us has charged four chinese military officers over the huge cyber—attack on credit rating giant equifax. more than 147 million americans were affected in 2017 when hackers stole sensitive personal data including names and addresses. turkey says its military has
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struck more than 100 syrian government targets following an attack on turkish troops in syria. turkey says it was responding to the deaths of five soldiers in lib. the is mounting and offensive there against rebel and jihadist fighters. counting is still under way in the irish general election but the left—wing republican party sinn fein, has taken the largest share of first preference votes, ahead of the two centrist parties which have dominated the government for decades. the result is tight and no—one party is expected to be able to form an outright majority. and that is a guinness world record for the largest aerial firework being broken in the united states. the firework was launched on saturday from a steel tube buried in the side of emerald mountain in colorado. it weighed nearly 1300 kilograms and measured just over one and a half metres long. thousands of chinese students who study in australia
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will miss the start of the academic year. they're banned from entering australia because of the coronavirus outbreak. many see the travel ban as unfair and want the start of term delayed. as per latest government statistics, in 2018, over 38% of overseas students in australia were from china. education for international students is australia's third largest export and the sector is eager to ensure the travel ban doesn't cause long—term problems. the vice chancellor and principal of university of sydney has issued a statement which says: we're working hard to ensure the best possible outcomes for all our students, as we navigate these uncertain times, it is important that we not allow panic or anxiety to create division. abbey shi is the general secretary of the student's representative council at the university of sydney. she is chinese, but arrived back in the country before
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the travel ban. she's helping to support and pass on information to those students stranded in china. she told me how universities might be reaching out to the chinese students. it's my understanding that the university is trying to figure out a solution to cater to stu d e nts out a solution to cater to students needs. so the university is looking at having courses university is looking at having courses delivered online. the start of the term is still two weeks away and you basically organised a petition calling for the start of the term to be delayed. what has been the reaction of the vice chancellor and the principal to this petition? are they planning to move the term forward so to allow students from mainland china to return? at the moment i don't think there is a blanket policy plan to move the starting date forward or backwards to accommodate students. and also because there is no definite data on
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when the travel ban will end. soi when the travel ban will end. so i think the university is just having the term start as usual. you are doing a monumental task here, keeping in touch with many students outside australia. how many of them are in touch with you?” have a chat group with around 2000 students. they are stranded in china at the moment. many of them are people i have known for years. i'm sure you miss them a lot and their situation is currently ongoing in mainland china. how frustrated and angry are they that they cannot return to school on time? it is not only the academic progression being affected, they also have a an attendance issue with student accommodation, some even have pets with an accommodation issue. and they themselves are miles away and they cannot come
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back because of the travel ban. many issues that they have to deal with their in china. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: celebrations in seoul as the south korean movie parasite scoops the top prize at the oscars. also on the programme: indian students use their art to speak out about controversial laws on citizenship. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous.
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the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'ba by doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special, secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm kasia madera, in london. our top stories: china's leader makes a rare appearance to address the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of deaths grows to more than 1000.
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international aerospace companies stay away from the the singapore airshow, as fears of the virus hit the global economy. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: the coronavirus continues to dominate coverage — this article in the japan times looks at the use of artifical intelligence to track people suspected of having the illness. the range of technology being utilised includes security cameras that can gauge a person's temperature and identify them even if they are wearing a face mask. the arab news reports on the increased risk of a direct confrontation between turkey and syria after five turkish troops where killed in idlib on monday. the assault on a military base comes a week after eight turkish troops were killed in a similar attack. and finally, the independent is one of many front pages featuring the triumph of south korean film, parasite, at the 0scar‘s.
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it has become the first non—english language movie to take out the top prize of best film at hollywood's biggest award ceremony. those are the papers, bravo! and congratulations to parasite. bernie sanders and pete buttigieg have both requested a partial review of results from the democratic party presidential caucus in iowa. mr buttigieg narrowly beat mr sanders in a chaotic contest in which technical problems delayed the result for days. the party says it will review the requests to see if they meet the requirements. that's iowa. on tuesday we move onto new hampshire. jane 0'brien has been out with campaigners who've been knocking on doors. hunting for election gold on
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the streets of manchester ‘s. voters who have not yet made up their mind. you can send out thousands of pieces of mail, you can send out tweets but ultimately face—to—face conversations is what people like. around half of new hampshire voters a registered independent can still vote in the democratic primary. they could decide the outcome. because of a couple of trends in our politics, we do not talk to them. we focus on making people afraid of the other party instead of wanting them to come to our party and campaigns on who they know they will vote. —— focus. that means a lot of these people are being left out of the process and we need to talk to them. ca nvassers need to talk to them. canvassers know need to talk to them. ca nvassers know exactly need to talk to them. canvassers know exactly who they are targeting thanks to abs who review personal data and likely preferences. we know
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the woman who lives in this house voted in the last two general elections but has never voted in a primary. she probably supports gun—control but is less likely to support the minimum wage. she definitely suppose a woman's right to have an abortion and might have a college degree. from small country towns in the mountains to the seaside, candidates have spent months campaigning for every single vote. but new hampshire is not going well forformer vote. but new hampshire is not going well for former vice president, joe biden, who is now fourth in the polls and could be in real trouble.” now fourth in the polls and could be in realtrouble. i do have concerns to be honest about his age. it is not age, it is energy. i am here today to find out if he has the energy and! to find out if he has the energy and i do not know the answer to that question.” energy and i do not know the answer to that question. i want some fire and some fury and i wa nt some fire and some fury and i want really good... how are they going to attack donald trump? how are we going to beat
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him. are you not hearing that at the moment? not yet. some say the polls have too much influence and could be damaging the election vote itself. mobilising independence is essential if democrats are to beat donald trump in november but there is disappointing turnout and getting them excited about the candidates is another matter entirely. now you may remember the backlash and protests over the controversial citizenship laws in india, the bill which gives immunity to religious minorities from three neighbouring countries, except for muslims. as young students speak up against this new law, we talked to some to find out why they're using art to express their opinions. iam21 i am 21 years old, a second—year student of fine
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arts. me and my friends have been painting on the vault in support of the protists that have been happening. —— protists. protests. the other day when the cops enter the campus, i was very scared and i had to run and climb this well to be so. i stepped out of my house with all the pains and started painting and it is a way to
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stu d e nts students finding their political voice through art. the great and the good of hollywood were out in force at the oscars on sunday night. here on newsday we've been watching the success of parasite. director bong joon—ho is being hailed in his native south korea and around the globe for making history, after his film parasite became the first foreign—language film to win the best picture award. parasite is a social satire about two families from different classes in seoul. here's a little taster. parasite became the star of the night, apart from best film it won three other awards, best international feature film, best director and best original screenplay. earlier i spoke to hyun
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jin cho, director of the london korean film festival. she says the entire film community is pleasently surprised. let's listen in. it is amazing. i think including the parasite team and the international film immunity are happily surprised by the news. we knew they would win something but we two major awards from the academy which is notoriously not very international, we know is really amazing and a great news. what is brilliant is bong joon—ho was saying how they wa nted joon—ho was saying how they wanted an international board and he was laughing saying they we re and he was laughing saying they were local awards but what does this mean for korean and asian cinema? it is really encouraging. with the academy awards, we have been making a lot of interesting, great piece
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of cinema but this recognition from this kind of notoriously narrowminded sort of america cinema focused towards giving this award means that perhaps more international films can this award means that perhaps more internationalfilms can be pa rt more internationalfilms can be part of this major film play. this can be an encouraging moment notjust for careers this can be an encouraging moment not just for careers in but four cinema around the world. what was it about this film that resonated on such a wide audience because it works on so many different levels. we can talk about parasite for half an hour easily but maybe two factors, as you mention, it tackles this timely issue of inequality and class disparity, really sharply but without losing a sense of humour, and also cinematically it is really inventive, it mixes different genres, you cannot inventive, it mixes different genres, you cannot pin it down to one genre. it is action,
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furlough, social commentary and black humour. —— thriller. everyone is attracted to this combination and it made the film exciting. what is it about south korean cinema that makes it so competitive and compelling? we have amazingly talented filmmakers, working independently and also with smaller budgets. they have been working very hard but also korean society is extremely dynamic. we had this interesting history over the last half a century. we had a war, dictatorship, oppression, amazing demonstration movement, in some sense we had a difficult social situation which inspired a lot of artists to react and create something original, maybe that is something we can give it credit
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for. what is fantastic, rico, when we first invited the director of the korean film festival we had no idea that parasite was going to do so well. she then came back to speak to us about the oscar nominations are now we had to get her back. i have not seen it so no spoilers please!” will not spell it for you but parasite, bravo! keeping our fingers crossed that more asian films will be nominated for best picture. i am sure they will. when are we going to get nominated! soon, very soon. coming up on business trip on, how going solo injapan is becoming more acceptable in a society known for its group mentality. we will catch up with you shortly with asia business report and we will be
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back together for the next edition of abc news day for the time being, thank you for watching. see you soon. sunday was very much all about the windy weather thanks to storm ciara. monday thanks to a turn for the more wintry and today we're left with a combination the two. strong chilli winds, gals for some and some wintry showers feeding in. that is storm ciara sitting across scandinavia. lots of isobars on our charts and noticeable winds. colder at sitting across as with showers likely to be wintry. across the atlantic, you can see the air spilling out of greenland all the way down from the polls. a cold start to tuesday. when we
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have the wintry showers, the risk of ice around for the first few hours of the day at least. a lot of sunshine away from the showers. the sun is showers fitting into thick and fast and that would mean accumulation of snow, across the mountains of north wales. blizzards and the possibility of drifting snow. some dangerous conditions to be found across particularly the northern half of the uk and it is cold. factor in the wind and it will feel chiller than the highs of 6—8 degrees would imply. 0vernight, things change subtly. the wind will ease plenty of showers fitting into the northern half of the uk stop to the south, largely clear skies, again temperatures in the towns and cities dipping down a degree or so of freezing. we have showers, the risk of ice first thing on
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wednesday. wednesday the winds area wednesday. wednesday the winds are a little light across the uk are still afraid of showers in the north and if few outbreaks of rain further south. still quite gusty winds but nothing in comparison to sunday, monday and tuesday but you can set creeping in that, through the south—west of the uk, another area of high pressure waiting to win its way on thursday. —— wind. hot on its hills, another one pushing its hills, another one pushing it through friday. perhaps a little break into whether first thing friday but again it is setting us up for what luck will be a potentially stormy weekend ahead. whether us some challenges in the next few days today a cold and wintry day.
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i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story is the coronavirus outbreak. more than 1,000 people have died so far, with over 40,000 confirmed cases. china's president made his first public appearance in days and met with health workers. the world health organization has expressed concern over the spread of the virus outside china. south koreans have been celebrating the four 0scars won by the film parasite, the first foreign language movie ever to win the best picture award. and video of a record breaking firework is getting a lot of attention on our website. it is in fact the world's largest firework. at nearly 1300 kilograms, it weighs as much as a family car and it was successfully launched at a winter carnival in the us state of colorado. that's all. stay with bbc world news.
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